A great finish to National Poetry Month:
Teachers and students sharing poems over lunch!
Thank you so much to those who volunteered to present their personal poems.
In April 2015 when the White House celebrated National Poetry Month,
Barak Obama, the President of the USA at the time, said this:
Poetry matters.
Poetry — like all art — gives shape and texture and depth of meaning to our lives.
It helps us know the world.
It helps us understand ourselves.
It helps us understand others — their struggles, their joys, the ways that they see the world.
It helps us connect.
In the beginning, there was the word.
And I think it’s fair to say that if we didn’t have poetry, that this would be a pretty barren world.
In fact, it’s not clear that we would survive without poetry.
I hope that many of us have read more poems than we might normally do and have a greater appreciation for the art of poetry.
Don't wait until next year to read another poem!!
Have a look at these websites or check out a book of poems from the Library.
